#BDBFBB#BDBFBB

#BDBFBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.006 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFBB
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 187)
HSL	hsl(90, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(90, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -1.43, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 2.28, 128.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0037 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.006 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5852, 51.6683, 54.4175)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFBB #BDBBBF

analogous

#BFBFBB #BDBFBB #BBBFBB

triadic

#BDBFBB #BBBDBF #BFBBBD

tetradic

#BDBFBB #BBBFBF #BDBBBF #BFBBBB

square

#BDBFBB #BBBFBF #BDBBBF #BFBBBB

split-complementary

#BDBFBB #BBBBBF #BFBBBF

monochromatic

#80847C #9EA19B #BDBFBB #DCDDDB #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BDBFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFBB

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFBB	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.006 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2cf',
    500: '#bdbfbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfbb;
$custom-light: #d0d2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 3.03,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8019,
    "c": 0.00596,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFBB

secondary

#8F8D91

accent

#598D73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFBB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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